Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-31
DEPARTED HEROES.
n...vatIon Of the Graves
If Cur Soldier Dead.
..~.rsal Exercises in Heaor Of Those
Who DIED that the Usioa
Might Live.

-.moYy Of ons ssi3i4r dead. The
:. ,.ss yesterday bright and beautiful,
- sbrosghcas tie morning and after
-. tbs hsassns remained uneseked
s.ssaaa. Tee city gss trarq7i.: banks
a usuy Of5sss and stores we're closed
II .sh.to sist rsigpsd IN the streets from
a.,brssk unta esseins. Business vas
-...,seslly s. stand iiIi, oar 81 &C
...sr.ily seemIng 10 feel that abstinsncs
- sssk dsy work vas beniiRg the
4 n..saoa ard gate IN hIrmony With the
,..timsuss vhish psFyade the comma
- gbea tssis vel nigh hslioEsd dsy
earssa around. Gfssn tees hnsd the
1901 thog0ughfsEes, over many OF
- rsorutnent buildings she stars and
80 hing AZ half mast, chile toe
@i5nane 10 tie haFboE F2iasd lie
s~siiRg ss q sign OF respect for the
ssrergsnees Of the day. The veterans
4 Ina
eaAND kKMT OF TIE RgPuBLIc,
asissses their Eoat, participated ami
Vwmlly 10 the ceremonies Of the &C.
aaoa. lime does not destroy the |
s.s,Iis,fions Of the great conflict Of |
NI4NIf
Simlaish The toaehing dtV1tion With |
Thieh ice tboaghtfnl living pay tender /
tsbsts 70 the memory Of the generous /
hegses VITO died taAt the Union might /
4 pssssFvsc. history shows few ex-
saslss Of 8 nobleE adeiity 20 past events
and associations than that anru H. /
svsnoed BIZ the patriotic mem refs Of
a. Grand Army IN toe tokens Of FsveF-
sues and regard psid 10 The memory Of
former comrades IN arms sho die fer
ihslF soauiFy's sake. How deep, sincere
snd pFoloundly heartfelt are ths feel
ng shish aetuase The repetition Of this
agout ceremonial, n8s only here, bat |
throughout the land wherever the sun
hlDes upon those Who loyalty answered
II lbs call 10 duiy 10 the dark days Of
evil var.
Tbs morning vas devoted to
DECORATIONS OF THE GRAVES
OF lhOss soldiers Who rep5ss ia our
aidL The d raj offerings we're
QaiIs nnmeroas, tsstefnllE arranged
GF6oF and shield frsm sue piblio 50 lools
bsife particularly beau ifnt There
we're many b0pqasts aud cot flowers,
eontFiooied By tbs veterans and their
frisnas. ana With them the graves OF
4 ibe aoldier-dead wers appropriately
adofned b. members Of the decoration
1 u0mwiiiss. Nj. ]. II Girls Eold and Mr..
\. V, Miles carefully performed this
aTvloe 10 the Masonic oemstsry, and
W.0. LattimeF and George Kinnear in ,
he Odd Fellows cemett ny
Msbout 2 o'clock in tue aftern ION,
4 The veterans, Territorial N ilitia and sev-
eFal civic orga ixaii0ns formed on
Jaekson street and, to sole nn music, by I
doe step s0d she militia With arms re-
gefasd, marched 90 the University |,
Rfgaads 10 the following order: ,
Platoon Of police,
haTsha Al and aida,
First X Riment Band,
fiIsl battalion. n. @. w.,
Washington Fenoibles, I
settre Department,
Drum Corps,
Grand Armg Posts aud Veterans.
OitizzRs In oafris ges.
On Second street she sche0l children !
Of ihe city. all sre,tiiy dressed in white,
with sas7es OF red. white aud blue,
jlined 10 the procession and continued {
on 10 ihe enclosure IN which the exsr. =
eises OF ths day we're held, A vast con 4
eiurs' OF pe0pls had assembled en- the !
broad cAmpa'. U .'ou the hillside which,
amphitheateE-li slopes down 20 the
tpsahing stand, faliy three thousan
people had taken their position and re-
malnsd Daring ths ex r1ises. which we're
carried o1i 10 accordance with the fol-
loving programme;
l. MEsio Military Band
Prayer Rev. ID. H. Moss L
}, song-"fhe Flag Of Oar Heroes
hssars. Oarksek, Lsek, BAliar
gson aud rrsen.
Memorial Services. .GraBd Army
Memorial Hymn "OOveF Them
Over With Beautiful FloweFs"-
...s.-... ........ S3hool Children
= Poem ,......Aiss Clara f. Wilson
I. Dif2s.... .......... Military Band
Otation adee X. ). Greene
, Hynu-"Amsriea". q lartette
" benediction.
We regret that space will not permit
Ne publication In full Of tue mSsserly
addfsaa Of Jadse Roger s. Greene. /,
ama near tue end OF the programmes;
eah although tha people had stood ia .
We boa SUI for more than an hour, they
new gathered Gloss about the speakers I
psaitorm and paid him tie closest at
enion. lie reviewed to o eomprehea- I
ave manner the history Of the Amsri,
an people, showing how the elements 1
estpg ap that people had combined in
sen way a. 90 bring the sections OF
es NNion into the most ex ensivs war
tsosn In the history Of the human
hs. Ia speaking Of the history Of that
I ee meniioasd = number Of the :
sAaea OF heroes aud tha aua - Of the
4 sAhlea that SsFe fraitfal OF heroes Aad
esfoic deeds lie said: These are !
ssaIes' bat they are @ore thln name9.
sen name 4 dessrip len asd list ~
s'oEy. His touching tributes Z ,
saealn. Cast, Logan, u ard Ia and | :
ss toand many respon - ia the I
aealne eyes aud heamiug faces Of {
ss WOO remembered those names /
VIC nofe OF reality taan the yaanseF
1oefs OF tae audience wh1 had nOi Z
clvatsd IA ths toils of battle. la |
sAna OF the taplatty with witch tbs
~lo Afmf IL disappearing aud how
stS oiaEn u marching on, be said |
va 20 one call AhAhf Ca they not
seppeds they are marching on
-Iusiy 70 their death, bat ID Ank God |
tAse the eolama a long time %
Every sentence OF the orAttcn
eel VITO tuye OF coantrY. honor TO
=. Grave dad aud cenfisnss in the
ktiiY And patriotism Of her ck iidren.
lns poem by Miss Clara Wilson was
sasiiraole taoEt. Il wAs besasifa ~
ssea and fall Of shsuSht and feeling
siste so 81 the dsy closed ~
s'eai $50 o'clock
V'H TaE GABpES WALL-"-Ths
e' seats At the Seattle Pharmacy
Yesterday indicates that Mr.. aud Mira.
usosEeS, knight Sill be welcorned bv a
s., sssd house this evening, We
are taAt no one will regret attend
Ssee performances, foE there is 20
ssaA that Il wili be hiehIy entertain
4 ttem nrst 10 last. We naturally
49, variety, and 'oE this reason We
s.1N gu eeoPle, sftss tie tragedy and
sltaaas ressutly presented here. are
~ We mood Tor something hnmof-
s ha Slii enter thoroughly into the
80 o. toe musical COMEDY which he
Eshs are . pradace- Tee New York
- a.d fFtfrFss SAYS Over the
s 80 Wall dres. - usual. a b'e
- sAAfloas aud enes last evening.
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